Story is a powerful way to build compassion and bridge understanding between cultures. Story has the power to heal as well as teach.

Beyond Boundaries · Essays and tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood

Cowboy Up! and go for a ride

July 7, 2015

I once raised and rode horses and there is nothing like galloping across a field with the wind in your face and the feel of the horse moving under you.…

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Cowboy Up! by Nancy Bo Flood

Nancy Bo Flood: Creating Cowboy Up!

March 4, 2015

Interview by Vicki Palmquist · Bookology Magazine When you conceived of Cowboy Up! was the poetry format a part of your plan? If not, when did that occur? I was…

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Navajo Rodeo Boy by Jan Sonnenmair

World Tour Blog part 2

September 7, 2013

Nancy Bo Flood writes and teaches on the Navajo Reservation where she hikes, rides her bike and attends local rodeos. She is the author of several award-winning books including Navajo…

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SJL award

World Tour Blog

August 27, 2013

Thank you, Karen Lynn Williams, author of many award winning picture books that gently encourage compassion. Karen’s books offer a child’s perspective about what it means to be lose one’s…

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Nancy Bo Flood Cowboy Up

Kona Stories and Cowboy Up!

August 18, 2013

I am in Kona, Hawaii (Big Island) at my mom’s and last week enjoyed a delightful morning of “kids and books” sponsored by the local bookstore: Kona Stories. A posse…

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kona sunset by Nancy Bo Flood

Good Night Sea

August 18, 2013

Hawaii, Big Island · 2013 August Four swimmers (including me) in black-skinned, neck to toe suits slipped into the inky rolling water. Eight pm. Time to turn on headlights and…

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Rodeo Girl photo: Jan Sonnenmair

Heart in Nonfiction Books

April 18, 2013

Guest Post by Nancy Bo Flood on Janet Fox’s Through the Wardrobe blog, April 18, 2013 Nancy Bo Flood, a good friend and talented fellow Vermont College of Fine Arts grad,…

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Tuscon

March 18, 2013

Tucson was a warm, sunshine filled time of crazy Tucson Book Festival and then quiet being with Bill. We slept a lot, ate amazing foods spiced with a variety of…

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